Witness - A Review Essay by Paul Bell
Witness - A Review Essay by Paul Bell
Author(s): Paul BellSubject(s): Media studies, Communication studies, Security and defense
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: conscience; journalism; media; objectivity; partisan; witness; strategic communication; strategic communications;
Summary/Abstract: I remember the day Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post came to visit. I don’t remember the year, let’s call it 1979 or 1980. I was a young journalist working on the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg and we had a reputation for crusading, investigative journalism - with our sister paper the Sunday Express we had just blown open the ‘Information Scandal’ involving the secret diversion of state funds into influence operations designed to sustain Western support for South Africa’s apartheid government.
Journal: Defence Strategic Communications
- Issue Year: 17/2026
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 199-214
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
